Re: Target: "Who's the Librarian?"

[Elizabeth Letterly <eletterl@ABELINK.COM>]

Isn't it the sad truth?  I got a call several years ago from an English
teacher (fortunately for me not my district -- unfortunately for students
and staff in her district) asking me what hours she needed to take to get an
endorsement on her certificate to be a librarian.  Her reason -- she was
nearing retirement and didn't want to "do anything" the last two years.  I
told her I didn't know and hung up.  I can well imagine she probably hadn't
"done anything" for the last twenty, either!
        I find it hard not to have my feelings hurt when it happens, but do
find it offensive, knowing how hard I worked to become a professional
librarian (3 years of working full-time, going to school half-time, caring
for my family and going into debt).  In our school district, if I called
teacher's aides teachers I'd be called on the carpet.  I figure, though,
when I calm down that, like someone else said, people know who the
professional is, but still...
At 04:11 PM 11/15/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I just read Nancy Reed's comments about the parent who wanted to know if
>she had to go to college to be a librarian.  What's even scarier is that I
>once had the same question from a parent new to our school -- who was *a
>professor of education at Florida State University*!  Somehow I'd always
>labored under the impression that those teaching people to be teachers
>would know
>Gail Faughn
>Media Specialist
>Astoria Park Elementary School
>2465 Atlas Road
>Tallahassee, Florida 32303
>faughng@freenet.tlh.fl.us or lm_net@m10.astoria-park.leon.k12.fl.us
>
>
Elizabeth Letterly, District Librarian    eletterl@abelink.com
Williamsville CUSD #15, Williamsville IL  USA 62693
"Freedom is an inside job." -- Sam Keen
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